MTO 19.3 Examples: Judd, “To Discourse Learnedly” and “Compose Beautifully”

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Illustration 1. Anonymous 18th-century portrait of Gioseffo Zarlino, probably copied from an engraving. (Museo internazionale e biblioteca

della musica, Bologna, B 38428)

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Illustration 2a. Photograph: Ian Bent

Illustration 2b. Photograph: Harold Powers

Illustration 3. Ian Bent, “History of Music Theory: Margin or Center” (1992) with annotation

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Illustration 4. Title page, Gioseffo Zarlino, Le istitutioni harmoniche (Venice: 1558)

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Illustration 5. Timeline of selected events and publications in Zarlino’s life

Illustration 6. Title page, Gioseffo Zarlino, Modulationes sex vocum. (Venice: 1566), Cantus partbook

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Illustration 7. Contents of Modulationes sex vocum

Illustration 8. Citations and concordances for the motets in Modulationes sex vocum

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Illustration 9. Canons in the Modulationes sex vocum

Illustration 10. Gentile Bellini, Procession in the Piazza San Marco, 1492, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

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Illustration 11a. Anonymous 18th-century portrait of Adriano Willaert, possibly after the engraving in the Musica Nova. (Conservatorio Statale di

Musica G.B. Martini, B 38530 / B 11861)

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Illustration 11b. Title page of Adriano Willaert, Musica Nova (Venice: Gardano, 1559)

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Illustration 12a. Gioseffo Zarlino, Le istitutioni harmoniche (1558), opening of Part III.

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Illustration 12b. Cover of Guy Marco, The Art of Counterpoint

Illustration 13. Part III, Le istitutioni harmoniche, Marco translation, and Title page of Modulationes sex vocum

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Illustration 14. Zarlino’s two motet anthologies and Le istitutioni harmoniche

Illustration 15. Title page of Gioseffo Zarlino, Musici quinque vocum moduli (Venice: Gardano, 1549)

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Illustration 16. Gioseffo Zarlino, Osculetur me (Musici quinque vocum moduli), tenor with modal indication

Illustration 17. Gioseffo Zarlino, Musici quinque vocum moduli, Table of contents

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Illustration 18. Gioseffo Zarlino, Musici quinque vocum moduli, Tonal Types and Modal Labels

Illustration 19. Part IV, Le istitutioni harmoniche, Cohen translation, and Title page of Musici quinque vocum moduli

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Recording: Ensemble Plus Ultra 2007

Illustration 20. Osculetur me (Musici quinque vocum moduli), Tenor

Illustration 21. Part 3 of the Istitutioni harmoniche and Modulationes sex vocum 1566—the “counterpoint” pairing; Part 4 of Le istitutioni harmoniche and

Musici quinque vocum moduli 1549 - the “mode” pairing

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Illustration 22a. Pater noster—Ave Maria, Tenor. Musici quinque vocum moduli

Illustration 22b. Pater noster, Quintus. Modulationes sex vocum

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Recording: Ensemble Plus Ultra 2007 (1549 version)

Recording: Singer Pur 2013 (1566 version)

Illustration 23. Pater noster (1549). Opening canon: Fuga duplex. Trium temporum in diapente et sex temporum in diatessaraon

Illustration 24. Pater noster, opening duo, measures 1–18 (1549 and 1566)

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Illustration 25. Pater noster, text comparison 1549 and 1566

Illustration 26. Pater noster, measures 64–70 (1549 and 1566)

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Recording: Ensemble Plus Ultra 2007

Illustration 27a. Pater noster, measures 64–70 (1549)

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Recording: Singer Pur 2013

Illustration 27b. Pater noster, measures 64–70 (1566)

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Recording: Ensemble Plus Ultra 2007

Illustration 28. Pater noster, measures 190–203 (1549 and 1566)

Illustration 29a. Pater noster, measures 190–203 (1549)

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Recording: Singer Pur 2013

Illustration 29b. Pater noster, measures 190–203 (1566)

Illustration 30. Pater noster (1549)—Le istitutioni harmoniche (1558)—Pater noster (1566)

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Illustration 31. Pater noster facsimiles of 1549 and 1566 in comparison

Illustration 32. Interrelationships of Zarlino’s career and publications

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Illustration 33. Map of Zarlino’s career and publications highlighting the role of Le istitutioni harmoniche

Audio Example. 1586 Pater noster

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